Pie or cake cooler



(No Model.) *I

M. M, CORMENY.

PIE ORGAKE COOLER. No. 602,730. PatentedApr. l19, 1898.-

NiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARGARET M. CORMENY, OF ROSEVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

PIE OR CAKE COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 602,730, dated April 19, 1898.

Application iiled January 18,1896. Serial No. 575,234. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARGARET M. COR- MENY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Roseville, county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, (address, Lancaster, Pennsylvania,) have invented certain Improvements in Pie or Cake Coolers,A of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of kitchen articles designed for use in cooling pies, cakes, and the like after they are taken from the oven. AsV now generally cooled moisture is collected or settles in the bottoms of pastry or cakes, Where it remains and renders the same heavy or soggy or both; and the object of this invention is to prevent such accumulation of moisture or to remove the same. This I accomplish by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in Which- Figure l is a top plan vieW of a cooler embodying my invention; Fig. 2, avertical section on broken line 2 2 of Fig. l, and Fig. 3 a side elevation of one of the ribs detached from the cooler.

Similar letters indicate like parts throughout the several views. A

Referring to the details of the drawings, A indicates supporting bars or plates, which preferably intersect at a common center B, said bars or plates extending radially from the same and having their extremities terminating at equal distances from said center.

The outer ends of bars or plates A may be turned down to form feet a, as shown in Fig. 2, and adjacent to said feet a rim D may be secured to the bars or plates. Between said feet or the rim D and the center- B of the cooler the bars or plates are widened or extended, and such extended sections a are struck up to form ribs, the rim D being higher than said ribs. Th ese ribs prevent the under sides of the cakes or other articles placed thereon from contacting with any extended surfaces, and thus permitthe greatest possible amount of the under sides of those articles to be exposed directly to the air. By raising the heated articles supported thereby above the bars or plates A said bars or plates are protected from the eects of the heat from such articles, thereby preventing such bars or plates from becoming Warped or distorted.

If preferable, the feet and the rim, one or both, may be dispensed With, or the feet may be separately attached to the frame; but the construction shown and described is preferable. As shown in Fig. 1, the cooler is circular in outline; but any other shape may be.

used.

I do not restrict myself to the details of construction herein shown and described, as it is obvious that many alterations may be made therein Without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention.

I am aware that prior to my invention stands or supports have been made having open bottoms and supported by feet. I therefore do not claim such a combination broadly; but Y. Y

W'hat I do claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, in a cooler of the character described, of transverse bars, and sections struck up on the sides of-'said bars to form ribs, for the purpose specilied.

2. The combination, in a cooler of the character described, of transverse bars, sections struck up on the sides of said bars to form ribs, and a rim around said cooler, the rim being higher than the ribs, for the purpose specified.

3. The combination, in a cooler of the character described, of transverse bars having the endsthereof turned down to form feet, a rim located adjacent to said feet, and `sections struck up on the sides of said'bars to form ribs between the point of intersection of said bars and the rim, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

MARGARET M. OORMENY.

Witnesses:

C. G. BAssLER, WM. R. GEEEART.- 

